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– Africa round-up: Internet censorship, Cambridge Analytica ripples and more (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 8, 2018

Our March round-up features an upswing in regulating online content and restricting internet services across the continent, along with a disturbing trend of attacks on journalists by political party members.
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